Group Talent Acquisition Manager - Equity Group Holdings
(2024-01)
- Led the digitization and transformation strategy for the team in automation of a key pain point within the approval process. Using power apps, we were able to cut down our time-to-fill by 40% and contributed to the organization's sustainability agent.
- Partnering with hiring managers to develop and execute successful workforce plans guided by the department strategy, structure and annual employee survey outcomes that helped translate business objectives into actionable workforce plans across diverse groups. This resulted in an enhanced retention rate from 30% to 19% due to a concentrated focus on internal promotions and development of talent within the organization.
- Using Taleo, LinkedIn Recruiter, Hackerrank, holding talent campaigns and establishing partnerships with various service providers/consultants we have managed to enhance the candidate experience and employer brand leading to a conversion rate of 83% and hiring of 500+ employees into the business across various diverse groups.
- Working closely with a team of seven, we managed to analyze our talent acquisition process, and built various metrics that have helped us evaluate our sourcing effectiveness, diversity, inclusion metrics and identify gaps in the process in a timely manner.
Group HR Business Partner - Equity Group Holdings
(2023-01 - 2024-12)
- I was part of the team charged with conducting a companywide work study exercise. This exercise involved having sessions to identify gaps and whether they were able to understand and identify with the company culture and goals. This exercise has contributed greatly to the refining of the short-term & long-term goals, especially regarding people's engagement.
- In collaboration with the Learning and Development team we managed to come up with a talent management framework and was responsible for sensitizing 5 teams during a series of engagement sessions that also allowed us to collect process improvement feedback and recommendations from the respective teams.
- As the company is in a transformational phase, it was forced to redefine its ways of working by coming up with new workforce plans that align with the organization's vision. In close collaboration with the respective Heads of Department, we managed to come up with structures, performance metrics, risk assessment and process and system improvement plans for the respective departments.
Talent Acquisition Manager - KOKO Networks Ltd
(2021-01 - 2023-12)
- I conducted an analysis of the system and processes with minimal data that informed the talent strategy to build talent pipelines across diverse geographical markets.
- Standardized the recruitment process across the organization through integrating ethical recruitment and compliance standards, to ensure adherence to data protection and confidentiality protocols.
- I was awarded for successfully leading recruitment across multiple regions including (Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, Eldoret and Rwanda), supporting divers and geographically distributed teams in less than 12 months.
- Improved the attrition rate during the first 12 months of employment from 24% to 12% by introducing a set of policies and procedures to encourage internal staff recognition and promotion, pushing for more staff engagement to align the organization's vision and goals.
- Successfully handled sensitive grievances issues with confidentiality and compliance in head office and regional offices. This diligence helped us improve employee confidence in the Human Resource Team as we were able to resolve and improve the employee experience in a fair and just manner.
- Introduced an onboarding plan and buddy system to reduce the rookie attrition from 32% to 14%.
Senior Recruitment Associate - Reach Recruit East Africa Limited
(2019-01 - 2021-12)
- I was able to organize the candidate database in the organization to make it easier to identify talent in multiple regions within (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Nigeria, United Kingdom and South Africa).
- In collaboration with the Managing Director, I sourced for a HRMIS system that would assist us facilitate assessment especially for our tech talent as the demand in the market continued to grow. i.e. Greenhouse
- Successfully negotiated and on boarded an international UK company, securing them as an exclusive client for the firm. I later successfully placed two senior key resources for the company.
- Successfully completed a policy creation process with a client in the NGO industry and created a summarized policy manual to assist the employees to easily have an overview of all the policies being introduced.
HR Adviser - Telkom Kenya
(2021-01 - 2021-12)
Consultancy
Resourcing Officer - KCB Bank Kenya Limited
(2014-01 - 2019-12)
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